[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough].

  • St. Pancras (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1931]
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    58 2.—Defects Found. Particulars. (1) Number of Defects Number of Found. (2) Remedied. (3) Referred to h.m. Inspectors. (4) Prosecu tions. ##] Nuisances under the Public Health Acts*: — Nil. Nil. Want of cleanliness 200 194 Want of ventilation 5 5 Overcrowding 1 1 Want of drainage of floors — — Other nuisances 133 132 Sanitary accommodation— Insufficient 5 5 Unsuitable or defective 117 113 Not separate for sexes 24 24 Other breaches 49 48 Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouses (s. 101) — Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) 56 56 Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork, which are included in Part 3 of this Report) — — Totals 590 578 * Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 & 8 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as remediable under the Public Health Acts. 3.—Home Work. In certain industries specified in the Act, if work is given out by Employers or Contractors to be done by workers at home, lists containing the names and addresses of such workers must be forwarded to the Local Authority. The object of this is to prevent work being carried out in premises which are insanitary, or in which infectious disease is present. The following lists were received during the year:—37 in respect of the making, etc., of wearing apparel, comprising the names of 60 outworkers (contractors) and 114 outworkers (workmen), 1 in respect of upholstering, comprising the name of 1 outworker (workman), 1 in respect of the making of cardboard boxes, comprising the name of 1 outworker (workman), 1 in respect of the making or filling of Christmas crackers, etc., comprising the names of 8 outworkers (workmen), 3 in respect of embroidery, comprising the names of 50 outworkers (workmen), 1 in respect of making, etc., of coat hangers, comprising the names of 10 outworkers (workmen), and 1 in respect of general furnishers, comprising the names of 17 outworkers (contractors) and 5 outworkers (workmen).